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Insecticidal Proteins and RNAi in the Control of Insects
- 1st Edition, Volume 65 - November 14, 2023
- Editor: Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 4 6 6 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 4 6 7 - 9
Insecticidal Proteins and RNAi in the Control of Insects, Volume 65 in the Advances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presen… Read more
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Request a sales quoteInsecticidal Proteins and RNAi in the Control of Insects, Volume 65 in the Advances in Insect Physiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics including Insecticidal RNAi delivered as biopesticide, Cry toxins, Vip3 insecticidal proteins: Structure and Mode of Action, New plant/other bacteria toxins, Engineered insecticidal proteins, Resistance to insecticidal proteins, and Photorhabdus toxins across Gram-negative bacteria. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.
- Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors
- Presents the latest release in the Advances in Insect Physiology series
- Updated release includes the latest information on the Insecticidal proteins and RNAi in the control of Insects
Researchers and students of Entomology, insect pathology, microbial pathogenesis, insect biochemistry, insect physiology, and molecular biology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter One: Insecticidal proteins and RNAi in the control of insects
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction to RNAi as a biopesticide
- 2 RNAi mode of action in insects
- 3 Determinants of dsRNA activity
- 4 Double-stranded RNA delivery
- 5 Current products under development and efficacy data
- 6 Safety of RNAi
- 7 Resistance mechanisms
- 8 Challenges and future perspectives
- 9 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter Two: Mode of action of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry pesticidal proteins
- Abstract
- 1 Pesticidal proteins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis
- 2 Cry pesticidal proteins
- 3 Three-dimensional structure of Cry pesticidal proteins
- 4 Structure of Cry activated toxins
- 5 Structure of Cry protoxins
- 6 Mode of action of Cry toxins
- 7 Solubilization and activation of Cry protoxins
- 8 Role of receptor binding in Cry toxin function
- 9 Synergism between CAD and ABC receptors
- 10 Oligomerization
- 11 Membrane insertion and pore formation
- 12 Dual mode of action of Cry toxins
- 13 Regulation of Cry-receptor gene expression
- 14 Mode of action information from genome editing techniques
- 15 Improvement of Cry toxicity for pest control
- 16 Improvement of Cry toxicity by Domain III swapping
- 17 Improvement of Cry toxicity by in vitro evolution techniques
- 18 Synergistic interactions of Cry toxins
- 19 Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter Three: Vip3 insecticidal proteins: Structure and mode of action
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Vip3 structure
- 3 Mode of action
- 4 Functional role of the structural domains
- 5 Bases of resistance to Vip3 proteins
- 6 Summary and final remarks
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Four: Mechanisms and molecular genetics of insect resistance to insecticidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Molecular genetic basis of field-evolved resistance to Bt crops
- 3 Molecular mechanisms of lab-selected resistance to Bt toxins
- 4 Technological advances in Bt resistance research
- 5 Summary and future directions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Five: Beyond Bacillus thuringiensis: New insecticidal proteins with potential applications in agriculture
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Insecticidal proteins from non-Bt bacteria
- 3 PIP-47Aa
- 4 IPD072Aa
- 5 AfIP-1A/AfIP-1B
- 6 Mpf3Aa1
- 7 Mpf2Ba1
- 8 Insecticidal proteins from fungi: pleurotoylysin, ostreolysin, erylysin
- 9 Plant-sourced insecticidal proteins
- 10 Lower plant insecticidal proteins
- 11 Tma12 and LPMO proteins
- 12 IPD083 proteins
- 13 IPD079 proteins
- 14 IPD113 proteins
- 15 Lower plants as emerging sources of insecticidal genes
- 16 Summary
- References
- Chapter Six: Use of gut binding peptides as artificial anchors for bacterial pesticidal proteins
- Abstract
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Methods for selection of gut binding peptides
- 3 Selection of pesticidal protein sites and modification strategy
- 4 Importance of knowledge of pesticidal protein and target insect gut
- 5 Future research
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter Seven: Photorhabdus toxins as novel delivery systems for agriculture and medicine
- Abstract
- 1 What are Photorhabdus toxins
- 2 The Toxin complexes or Tcs
- 3 The Makes caterpillars floppy toxins or Mcfs
- 4 PVC-like delivery systems
- 5 Photorhabdus insect-related toxins A and B
- Acknowledgements
- References
- No. of pages: 316
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 65
- Published: November 14, 2023
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323954662
- eBook ISBN: 9780323954679
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Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes
Juan Luis Jurat-Fuentes works in the Department of Entomology at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
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